"Action-driven component-based opensource web application framework"
ActionServlet
version 0.94.2

Basic information

ActionServlet is an opensource web application framework that:

  • enhances Model-View-Controller (MVC) programming model - which provides support to create skinnable, multilingual or device dependent web applications,

  • is action-driven - allows easy mapping of user actions (HTTP requests) to methods of objects,

  • is component-based - any type of components (JavaBeans, EJBs, Corba objects etc.) can be used to build applications,

  • is configurable - by a simple (but powerful) XML file, which allows to define action mappings, parameters passing, automatic type conversions, linking components etc.

Documentation

ActionServlet 0.44

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ActionServlet...
(sources & docs included)		 ...requires also ...comes with examples
pre-configured for
ActionServlet_0.94.2.zip JDK 1.2+ WebMacro 1.0+ 2 or
Velocity 1.1+ 3 		JSDK 2.0 4,
Tomcat 3.x/4.x 5
Ant 1.4+ 1
ActionServlet_0.93c.zip JDK 1.2+ WebMacro 1.0+ 2 or
Velocity 1.1+ 3 		JSDK 2.0 4,
Tomcat 3.x/4.x 5
Ant 1.4+ 1
1 Ant 1.4+ is only needed to build examples and/or recompile ActionServlet sources.
2 WebMacro 1.1 is not compatible with Servlet Specification 2.0.
3 Velocity 1.3+ is needed to rebuild ActionServlet sources with support for Velocity 1.1.
4 ActionServlet is compatible with Servlet Specification 2.0+.
5 Tomcat or any servlet container compatible with Servlet Specification 2.2+ (Jetty, JRun, Resin etc.).

Extras

Optional modules, tools, components and other stuff (like ASWizards or miniRMI Connector) supporting the development with ActionServlet can be found in Extras.

Related projects

References

[1] Bloch, C.: Java Tutorial: Servlets
[2] Zyl, J.: Velocity User's Guide
[3] Wells, J.: WebMacro Documentation
[4] Nic, M.: XML Tutorial
[5] Nic, M.: DTD Tutorial